That’s only because you altered the seatbelt mechanism, as was suggested by our… friend.
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You did not watch the end of the Mythbusters where they showed two vehicle each at X MPH, hitting head on, each sustained the same damage as one vehicle hitting a stationary object at X MPH. Forces are neither multiplied, divided, added, nor subtracted.
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Hitting a concrete barrier is the same as a head on collision but not the same as hitting a parked car.
Colliding with a slow moving car in an intersection is not the same as a head on collision at equal speeds.
I agree with the Mythbusters conclusion. But stationary object is not correct. A solid barrier that is secured to the ground is not the same thing is a stationary object. A parked car will move when hit, a solid barrier will not. A parked car also smashes in, a solid concrete barrier will not.
Well this is interesting. I’m the one that posted this question about…11 years ago and now there’s a bunch of chatter. Still have the car and still worried when my son drives it that the air bag might not deploy if needed.
Unless it still has the Takata airbag, my 03 Trailblazer had one that never got recalled.
Well did you get the airbag system serviced so that the airbag warning light turned off properly?
Finally bringing up a valid point. Well I guess that’s progress.
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